Read The Heartbreaking Story Of A Man Whose Wife Died Of Ebola

For those of us, who still feel like we are not in West Africa, and Ebola is not our concern – This story will keep you norm for a while and make you think!

According to Mirror, Seven days ago Oliver Wilson drove his sick, shivering wife Layson to an isolation clinic for suspected cases of Ebola.

The 33-year-old nurse, knew from her symptoms that she had contracted the world’s most feared virus- She knew also that she was about to die from the incurable disease.

She deliberately didn’t hug their one-year-old son Oliver Junior as she walked alone through the quarantine tape surrounding the tin-roofed hospital unit.

Her fear that she could infect the tot through a drop of sweat or a stray tear was based on sound knowledge.

Oliver wept and banged his head against the steering wheel of the family car as he watched Layson’s body chucked unceremoniously on to the back of a truck in a white plastic bag – He had been denied the chance to say goodbye to his childhood sweetheart. He wept as he told his tale to a reporter;

“She died on Saturday evening – She caught Ebola at work, at the Catholic Hospital here in Monrovia.

The hospital administrator had got ill – He tested positive for Ebola – It was my wife’s job to give him an ECG examination, to put the pads on his body.

“She knew she had to put plastic gloves on, but for a few seconds she was touching him with her hands, to help him get off the bed and on to a chair.

“That is how she got it. A few days later, that man died – It was on August 3, when we came home from church, that she complained of shivering, of feeling chilly.”

Oliver explained how Layson was determined not to be a burden, and so tried to get better with medicine she bought from a local chemist.

The middle-class couple, who wed in 2007, had always been active, outgoing members of the community. She entered nursing in 2005, and had been promoted several times to obtain a senior position.

After Oliver lost his job at the UN, she became the family’s breadwinner. Now he has no idea how he will support their son.

“On the Monday evening she said she was too hot, She wanted cold water on a towel to put on her forehead. By Wednesday she had lost her appetite.

“On Thursday the weakness had got worse and she told me she felt nauseous – It was last Saturday that she became really ill. It was our son’s first birthday.

“She slept in the living room because I think she knew what was happening to her – She said, ‘Oliver, don’t touch me.’ She couldn’t touch Oliver Junior either, and she had to stop breastfeeding him instantly because it is contagious through all body fluids.

“She was so weak she couldn’t even sing Happy Birthday to our son – I brought her here later that day, eight days ago,” Oliver said, as we wait outside the clinic for his wife’s final journey.

“Within a week she was dead. I never got a chance to say goodbye. I could only speak on the phone – The last time we spoke, she told me her heart had stopped beating too fast.

“She said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.’ Now I am here to watch her be carried out in a bag.”

Wracked by the loss of his beloved wife, Oliver also feared that he too might have Ebola.

“I might have it – I feel fine now, but it is very likely. Until she got Ebola, I didn’t understand how scary it is. Now I’m terrified for our son too.”

A disease he had not heard of six months ago has ruined his life in less than a fortnight.

More than ever before, we must adhere to hygiene guidelines and pray too – Don’t you agree?! Leave a comment please!

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